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Hi all.
A month or two ago there was an article in the
Sydney Morning Herald (or maybe the Telegraph) about Magpies mimicing other
birds. I hadn't noticed this myself and was a bit dubious. Yesterday
while mucking about on the computer I could here a Magpie warbling near
by. I also heard a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo call once. Nothing
unusual as they fly over occasionally. The cockatoo called again and on
the third call I took a bit more notice and realised it was the Magpie imitating
the bird. As I listened to the Magpie I also heard a nice Pied Currawong,
snippets of the Grey Butcherbird's call and a chatter that sounded like an
Eastern Rosella, all nicely integrated into the Magpie's natural song. It
repeated these calls quite a few times as I listened for about 5
minute.
A very interesting little bit of birding from my
study. I'll be keeping an ear on the local Magpies to see if I can hear
any other birds being imitated.
Regards,
Robert Quinan
Central Coast, NSW,
Aust.
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